Great Views of Whitefronted Geese
South Lake Hide
Good flock of 640 Lapwings with 4 Ruff, 20 Dunlin and 2 Black Tailed Godwit among them. A couple of snipe around the edges and 240 Teal. Only a handful of Pochard and Tufted Duck this morning but 6 Cormorant and a Great Crested Grebe. The large gathering of Shoveler have dropped to just 54 today.
Rushy
108 Bewick's Swan roosted overnight and have started moving into the Tack Piece and the four score field near the Kingfisher Hide. The usual mass of Pochard, Pintail and Tufted Duck. There were single Redshank, Dunlin and Grey Wagtail and at least 8 snipe along the left hand edge.
Holden Tower and Walkway
Around 100 Lapwing on the Tack Piece with 30 dunlin and 2 Ruff among them, at least 500 Wigeon here with a further 550 on the Dumbles scrape. Only a single Snipe at the Martin Smith but keep checking the Jack Snipe showed well here all day yesterday. Two Water rail at the Willow Hide and Peregrine, Buzzard and Raven on the Dumbles.
Zeiss and South Finger
Great close up views of 144 Whitefronted Geese from the Kingfisher hide. Very mobile Lapwing (750), Dunlin (43) and Golden Plover (10) especially when buzzed by a Peregrine. There were 720 Wigeon and 350 Teal on the scrape and a Cettis was singing close to the hide
Grounds
A Treecreeper, 3 Goldcrest, lots of Tits and 2 Chiffchaff were around the Otter pen but no sign of the Yellow Browed warbler.
